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The Latest: Police in Maine asked to watch over Goodell homehttp://www.mail.com/sports/football/3713808-latest-police-maine-asked-to-watch-goodell.html
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Here is the latest surrounding the suspension of star Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for using underinflated footballs (all times local):
12:45 p.m. Police have been asked to keep an eye on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's home on the Maine coast following his decision to uphold the four-game suspension of New England Patriots qua...Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:51:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/football/3713808-latest-police-maine-asked-to-watch-goodell.html2015-07-29T16:51:00ZCoyotes to stay for at least 2 more years under new dealhttp://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/3705110-coyotes-to-stay-2-years-under-deal.html
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Glendale City Council voted unanimously in favor of a restructured arena lease agreement with the Arizona Coyotes on Friday, keeping the team in the desert for at least two more years.
The deal approved by the seven-member council replaces a 15-year, $225 million arena management agreement signed in 2013. The new deal cuts Glend...Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/3705110-coyotes-to-stay-2-years-under-deal.html2015-07-24T20:13:00ZGrant Hill hoping to help bring success to Hawkshttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3644268-grant-hill-hoping-to-help-bring-success-to-hawks.html
ATLANTA (AP) — Grant Hill always wondered why the Atlanta Hawks struggled to attract big-name free agents.
Now the seven-time NBA All-Star faces a challenge to help make that happen. Hill was introduced as vice chair of the Hawks on Thursday, one day after the franchise and arena rights were purchased for $850 million. Hill has a stake in the new ownershi...Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:44:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3644268-grant-hill-hoping-to-help-bring-success-to-hawks.html2015-06-25T20:44:00ZGrizzlies acquire Matt Barnes from Charlotte Hornetshttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3643450-grizzlies-acquire-matt-barnes-charlotte-hornets.html
The Memphis Grizzlies acquired forward Matt Barnes from the Charlotte Hornets for guard Luke Ridnour, who later was sent to Oklahoma City.
The Grizzlies announced the trade Thursday, and the Thunder said shortly after they had acquired Ridnour and a conditional 2016 second-round draft pick from Charlotte for guard Jeremy Lamb. Both deals were first report...Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:01:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3643450-grizzlies-acquire-matt-barnes-charlotte-hornets.html2015-06-25T19:01:00ZJudge rules Saints, Pelicans owner Benson is competenthttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3628514-judge-rules-saints-pelicans-owner-benson-competent.html
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson — and the current power structure he has set up — have cleared a crucial legal hurdle in a struggle for control of the NFL and NBA teams.
A judge ruled Thursday that the 87-year-old Benson remains competent to run his nearly $2 billion business empire as he sees fit. The ruling means Bens...Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:16:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3628514-judge-rules-saints-pelicans-owner-benson-competent.html2015-06-19T01:16:00ZPublisher and ex-NY Mets owner, Nelson Doubleday Jr. dieshttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3626438-publisher-ex-ny-mets-owner-nelson-doubleday-jr-dies.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Nelson Doubleday Jr., the publishing scion who bought the New York Mets and shepherded the team to a 1986 World Series title, has died. He was 81.
His son-in-law, John Havens, said Doubleday died of pneumonia at his home in Locust Valley, New York, on Wednesday. Doubleday was the grandson of Frank Nelson Doubleday, who founded the publishi...Thu, 18 Jun 2015 04:07:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3626438-publisher-ex-ny-mets-owner-nelson-doubleday-jr-dies.html2015-06-18T04:07:00ZCoyotes facing council vote on arena lease agreementhttp://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/3608920-coyotes-facing-council-vote-arena-lease-agreement.html
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The city of Glendale has called for a special meeting on Wednesday to determine whether to end an arena lease agreement with the Arizona Coyotes, further clouding the team's future in the desert.
The meeting agenda calls for the City Council to consider whether to cancel the professional services and arena lease agreement between Gl...Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/3608920-coyotes-facing-council-vote-arena-lease-agreement.html2015-06-10T17:00:00ZWisconsin governor announces deal for new $500M Bucks arenahttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3596954-wisconsin-governor-announces-deal-500m-bucks-arena.html
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Taxpayers would pick up half the cost of a $500 million arena for the Milwaukee Bucks under a financial deal that would rely on current and former team owners for the rest, Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday.
Walker, a likely presidential candidate, has argued for months that it will cost the state more in lost income-tax revenue if the ...Thu, 04 Jun 2015 21:52:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3596954-wisconsin-governor-announces-deal-500m-bucks-arena.html2015-06-04T21:52:00ZNo expansion yet, but Bettman has fee in mind: $500 millionhttp://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/3503140-expansion-yet-bettman-fee-mind-500.html
NEW YORK (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman might not yet have anything definitive to say about expansion, though he does have a fee in mind.
How's $500 million sound? Without committing to what the price might be, Bettman told a meeting of Associated Press Sports Editors on Friday that he considers a half-billion dollars to be a reasonable figure.
...Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:27:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/3503140-expansion-yet-bettman-fee-mind-500.html2015-04-24T21:27:00ZHawks reach agreement to sell NBA team for $850 millionhttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3498860-hawks-reach-agreement-to-sell-nba-team-850.html
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks are taking care of business during the NBA playoffs — on and off the court.
While the top-seeded Hawks were playing Brooklyn in an opening-round series Wednesday night, they announced a deal to sell the team for $850 million to a group led by billionaire businessman Antony Ressler.
Atlanta held off the ...Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:24:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3498860-hawks-reach-agreement-to-sell-nba-team-850.html2015-04-23T07:24:00ZHawks, Ressler agree on $850 million sale for NBA teamhttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3498350-hawks-ressler-agree-850-sale-nba-team.html
ATLANTA (AP) — Seven months after a racially charged email put the Atlanta Hawks on the market, there's an agreement to sell the NBA team for $850 million.
A group headed by billionaire Antony Ressler, which also includes former NBA star Grant Hill and Spanx founder Sara Blakely, signed off on a deal Wednesday to purchase the team that made a surprising r...Thu, 23 Apr 2015 03:25:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3498350-hawks-ressler-agree-850-sale-nba-team.html2015-04-23T03:25:00ZAtlanta's Mike Budenholzer voted NBA coach of the yearhttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3494234-atlantas-mike-budenholzer-voted-nba-coach-year.html
ATLANTA (AP) — Mike Budenholzer was right where he didn't want to be: the center of attention.
There was no avoiding it. Not after leading the Atlanta Hawks to the top of the Eastern Conference. Budenholzer was honored as the NBA coach of the year on Tuesday, an award that moved him to tears as he spoke about the people who meant so much to his career.
...Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:28:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3494234-atlantas-mike-budenholzer-voted-nba-coach-year.html2015-04-21T23:28:00ZLeBron again has NBA's No. 1 selling jerseyhttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3479098-lebron-nbas-no-1-selling-jersey.html
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James switched back from No. 6 to No. 23 this season.
No matter, he's still No. 1. James' Cavaliers jersey was the NBA's top seller for the 2014-15 season, the league announced Tuesday. James returned to the Cavaliers this season after four years with the Miami Heat, leading them to two championships.
...Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:13:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3479098-lebron-nbas-no-1-selling-jersey.html2015-04-14T16:13:00ZRecording: Woman, ex-Clippers owner discussed hiding giftshttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3441378-recording-woman-ex-clippers-owner-discussed-hiding-gifts.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman whose recording of Donald Sterling cost him the Los Angeles Clippers was forced Thursday to answer questions about recordings in which she and the billionaire discussed how to hide a house he bought her.
Several of the 500 recordings V. Stiviano made during a nearly four-year relationship with Sterling were played in Los Angel...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:07:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3441378-recording-woman-ex-clippers-owner-discussed-hiding-gifts.html2015-03-27T02:07:00ZRecording could come back to bite Donald Sterling girlfriendhttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3438752-recording-to-bite-donald-sterling-girlfriend.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recordings that cost Donald Sterling ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers could cost the woman he was dating the fortune in gifts he lavished on her.
Snippets of the conversations recorded by V. Stiviano were played Wednesday as a lawyer for Sterling's wife explained why the former girlfriend should return more than $3.6 million the bi...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 02:31:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3438752-recording-to-bite-donald-sterling-girlfriend.html2015-03-26T02:31:00ZJordan, other NBA owners join Forbes' billionaire listhttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3389578-jordan-nba-owners-join-forbes-billionaire-list.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jordan and some other NBA owners have reached new heights, landing on Forbes world list of billionaires.
Forbes released its list on Monday and noted that Jordan's net worth is estimated at $1 billion, thanks to his well-timed investment in the Charlotte Hornets. Steve Ballmer, who recently purchased the Los Angeles Clippers, tops ...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:37:08 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3389578-jordan-nba-owners-join-forbes-billionaire-list.html2015-03-02T21:37:08ZAppeals court won't toss ex-Dodgers owner's divorce dealhttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3377902-appeals-court-wont-toss-ex-dodgers-owners-divorce-deal.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has refused to overturn a financial settlement between former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his ex-wife, who argued that McCourt misled her about the value of the team and television broadcast rights.
The unanimous ruling Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeals leaves ...Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:24:04 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3377902-appeals-court-wont-toss-ex-dodgers-owners-divorce-deal.html2015-02-25T16:24:04ZLoss of PawSox will devastate city, officials sayhttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3376326-loss-pawsox-will-devastate-city-officials.html
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — For 40 years, Pawtucket resident Mike Shloul has lived within walking distance of McCoy Stadium, where the PawSox have played home games since 1973.
"I felt like somebody died," Shloul said of hearing the news that the Pawtucket Red Sox are leaving and might be headed to the neighboring capital city of Providence. The team, he said,...Tue, 24 Feb 2015 23:19:34 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3376326-loss-pawsox-will-devastate-city-officials.html2015-02-24T23:19:34Z